Valve excited for Steam on Linux, not so much for Windows 8

A report claims that the managing director's level of negativity towards Windows 8 is "stunning"

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Linux users are used to getting short shrift when it comes to popular applications and games making the transition to their favorite open-source platform, but it turns out the folks at Valve are not only big fans, they're extremely committed to porting Steam and its Source Engine in a big way.

The folks over at Phoronix headed to Valve's offices in Bellevue, Wash. for some face time with co-founder Gabe Newell, the man paving the way for the arrival of Steam on the Linux platform.

Not only does the company already have a team of Linux developers already hard at work on the port, they continue to hire others in an effort to accelerate those efforts.